"Swept Away" was their "Gigli"

EllisDee · October 17, 2008, 9:51am

I thought Overboard bombed, though I consider it highly watchable. Then again, Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell never got married, so maybe they don’t count.

Hal_Briston · October 17, 2008, 2:22pm

A domestic gross of $26,712,476 put it in 45th place for 1987. Not a flop, not a blockbuster…just nice little profit for Universal.

EllisDee · October 17, 2008, 2:38pm

I must have been thinking of Swing Shift, which wouldn’t count because they met on the set of that flop. Overboard was their project as a couple.

twickster · October 17, 2008, 3:19pm

Swing Shift didn’t bomb, either, I don’t think – I actually liked it quite a bit (at the time – I have no idea how well it would hold up).

EllisDee · October 17, 2008, 5:42pm

$6.65 million is pretty close to “bomb” territory, even for 1984.

twickster · October 18, 2008, 2:29pm

Hey, it was in the top 100 grossers of that year …

Nah, you’re right, we’ll have to call that a bomb.

Bryan_Ekers · October 19, 2008, 3:44pm

So was MY ASS!
To be fair, My Ass had a wider release.